Trump's announcement came in the form of several tweets, blaming "tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail" as the main reason for the ban.

The tweets read,

After consultation with my Generals and military experts, please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow…
….Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military. Our military must be focused on decisive and overwhelming…..
….victory and cannot be burdened with the tremendous medical costs and disruption that transgender in the military would entail. Thank you

Our mission is to defend this country, and we don't want barriers unrelated to a person's qualification to serve preventing us from recruiting or retaining the soldier, sailor, airman or Marine who can best accomplish the mission.

So clearly, Trump's ban is a devastating setback to progress the LGBTQIA+ community — specifically trans individuals — have already made.

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Though Trump cites "tremendous medical costs" as a reason the military cannot accommodate trans people, the aforementioned RAND study found that the medical costs needed to cover trans individuals may not be as "tremendous" as Trump makes it out to be.

Since the dawn of Trump's administration, LGBTQIA+ individuals and activists have been incredibly weary of the current administration reversing the progress the community has already made under previous administrations.